Documentary Footage Shows Workings of the First Leica Factory
Here’s a short documentary film directed by Oskar Barnack (father of 35mm photography and inventor of the …
Here’s a short documentary film directed by Oskar Barnack (father of 35mm photography and inventor of the …
Here’s an interesting video that walks through how the highly regarded — and fully manual — Voigtlander Nokton 25mm …
Nikon created this beautiful video promoting Nikkor lenses, and included interesting looks into how their lenses are manufactured. Previously …
This Science Channel “How Its Made” segment shows the manufacturing process for CCD semiconductors, which are the sensors found …
After last week’s devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan, Canon and Nikon have …
The massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake that devastated Japan today was located just east of the city of Sendai, which subsequently suffered major damage due to the resulting tsunami. What you might not know is that the city is home to Nikon's flagship manufacturing facility -- the plant that produces Nikon's professional DSLRs (e.g. D3s, D3x and D700). Fortunately, Nikon reports that there have been no reports of injuries among its employees in that city, and the plant seems to have escaped serious damage as well.
We’re waiting for the day when someone makes this kind of video for how DSLRs are made, but in …
Here’s an interesting behind-the-scenes video showing how they make memory cards from start to finish. May the ingenuity and …
An interesting story that popped up a couple days ago is that Sony …
Here's an interesting behind-the-scenes video series that shows the creation of a Canon 500mm f/4.0L IS lens. It's a neat look at the guts of glass, and an opportunity to see how exactly the various components of a lens are created and put together.